John david browne



PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DAVID BROWNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED BOOKING AND CASTER CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 964, dated October 5, 1888.

T0 all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN DAVID BRowNE, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, cabinet and chair maker, anative of Great Britain, but having resided more than two years in theseUnited States, and having duly declared my intention to become a Citizenthereof, have invented and made and applied to use certain new anduseful Improvements in the Mechanical Construction of Chairs, whichproduce what I designate as a Combined Rocking and Caster Chair, forwhich I seek Letters Patent of the United States, and that the saidimprovements and the methods of constructing and using the saine arefully and substantially set forth in the following description and inthe drawings attached to and making a part of this specification,whereinF Figure 1 is a representation of a chair fitted with saidimprovements and resting on the four legs and casters with the rockersoff the floor. Fig. 2 is a chair with the back legs turned up under thechair and resting on the rockers. Fig. 3 is a back view of a. chair withback legs down. Fig. 1 is a view of the back legs shown as detached fromthe chair as the same are fitted by me to turn up under the chair ashereafter described. Fig. 5 is a side view of the back legs with ahandle or lever fitted to turn them, and the same letters as marks ofreference apply t0 the same parts in all the several figures.

A is the back framing of a chair to which the legs B are attached by thecross shaft B1 and turn 0n the bearing plate b and framing at c. Theback legs B are to be made of iron or any other material to whichcasters or rollers may be att-ached at d.

C is a handle or lever fitted to the shaft B1 as shown in Fig. 5 toraise the legs as shown in Fig. 2, and let the chair fall back or downon the rockers R by turning the handle C upward from D to H as in Fig.2.

D is a notched plate fitted on one side of the chair into which thehandle C catches to retain the legs B in avertical position.

Fig. G is an enlarged side view of the handle C.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the plate D. m` is a stop to prevent the handleC from turning downward when converted into a rocking chair. R are therockers framed into the front legs M and back legs at A and hollowed infront as at L to allow of the caster revolving.

To use the chair as a rocking chair turn the handle C up to H as in Fig.2, Which turns the back legs under and lets the rockers come in contactwith the floor. To use the chair on the legs turn the handle C down to Iinto the plate D, Fig. 1, the handle being sprung in or out of thecatches by the hand operating on it as on a spring.

I do not confine myself to the particular material or fashion or shapeof the legs, or any particular kind of caster or rollers, or anyparticular description or fashion of chair because all or any of themmay be varied to suit personal tastes or Wishes.

I do not claim to have invented any of the parts above described, thesame separately laken being well known-but I claim as my invention forwhich I seek Letters Patent as not having been previously so used- Thecombination of the cross shaft and movable back legs with the hand leverin the simple arrangement or form herein substantially described and setforth, by which a rocking chair may be immediately converted into acaster chair, or the reverse, and thus afford both descriptions ofConvenience at a very moderate expense.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the city of New Yorkon the fifteenth day of June one thousand and eight hundred and thirtyeight.

JOHN D. BROVVNE. [1.. s]

TWitnesses t W. SERRELT, WM. THURsToN.

